S.Amdt. 2530

SA 2530. Mr. BROWN (for himself, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Casey)
submitted

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an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2137 proposed by
Mr. Schumer (for Ms. Sinema (for herself, Mr. Portman, Mr. Manchin, Mr.
Cassidy, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Collins, Mr. Tester, Ms. Murkowski, Mr.
Warner, and Mr. Romney)) to the bill H.R. 3684, to authorize funds for
Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the end of division I, add the following:

SEC. 90009. NEGOTIATIONS WITH RESPECT TO IMPORTATION OF
GRAIN-ORIENTED ELECTRICAL STEEL FOR USE IN THE
PRODUCTION OF ELECTRIC GRID TRANSFORMERS.

(a) In General.--The United States Trade Representative
shall immediately seek to enter into negotiations with Canada
and Mexico to ensure that--
(1) the national security of the United States is not
impaired by the importation into the United States of grain-
oriented electrical steel in the form of core parts, cores,
or laminations for use in the production of electric grid
transformers; and
(2) Canada and Mexico are not being used as pass-through
countries for other countries engaged in the dumping (as
defined in section 771 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C.
1677)) of such steel.
(b) Reports Required.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter until
the date described in paragraph (2), the Trade Representative
shall submit to Congress a report on the status of the
negotiations described in subsection (a).
(2) Date described.--The date described in this paragraph
is the date on which the President certifies to Congress that
Canada and Mexico have agreed to measures that will prevent
the importation in the United States of grain-oriented
electrical steel in the form of core parts, cores, or
laminations from impairing the national security of the
United States.
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